The Best T-Shirt Templates & Mockup Generators

There’s no shortage of t-shirt templates and clothing mockup generators online to help you create great images for your clothing brand. The difficult part is sorting through all the poor quality ones to find the best ones that will work for you and give your brand the quality it deserves.

In this post, we’ll show you the best t-shirt templates as well as t-shirt mockup generators for your clothing line. We’ll also provide you with a tutorial to show you exactly how to use Photoshop for t-shirt templates.

The T-Shirt Template Test Design

We’ve created a t-shirt design which we will be using with every mockup generator and t-shirt template to produce the final result in an effort to give you a much better idea of what the final image will look like. This will keep everything on the same playing field so you can better see the differences between each final design.

Below is the design we’ll be using. We created this simple t-shirt design using a font that we purchased from CreativeMarket paired with an icon from Noun Project.

The Best T-Shirt Mockup Generators

Mockup generators are usually online services that make customizing your t-shirt and adding your t-shirt design as simple as selecting a shirt color and uploading your image. The tradeoff when using a pre-made template rather than a software program like Adobe Photoshop is that t-shirt mockup generators are usually less customizable. This can make it difficult to get your image exactly like your final printed t-shirt and, in general, gives you fewer options on your final design, especially when it comes to clothing tags, fabric texture, the background, etc.

Printful Clothing Mockup Generator

The Printful clothing & apparel mockup generator is definitely one of the best, especially if you plan to use Printful as your clothing printer. Not only will Printful easily create a great-looking product image with your designs on it but it will also properly prepare the print file which your printer will need to actually print your designs.

The Mockup Generator from Printful allows you to choose from t-shirts, sweatshirts, posters, tote bags and many more different types of products. To learn more about Printful’s entire product selection and the other features and services they offer merchants, check out our Printful Review.

Printful Mockup Generator Pros

Free

High-quality

High-resolution

Multiple shirt styles to choose from

Includes additional print files for printing

Several angles (front, back, closeup)

Includes men’s, women’s, and children’s shirts

Printful Mockup Generator Cons

Limited control over the final design

Printful T-Shirt Mockup Generator Results

Overall the results are really good. The t-shirt images are all really clean and well photographed. The best part is that Printful offers a wide variety of actual shirt brands and models to choose from based on their current stock. Again, if you plan to use Printful for your t-shirt printing, this might be your best and easiest bet.

PlaceIt Apparel Mockup Generator Pros

PlaceIt Apparel Mockup Generator Cons

It’s a paid tool

Many of the scenes look like stock photography which can make it look inauthentic and means other brands could be using it as well

PlaceIt Apparel Mockup Generator Results

Overall the quality is quite good with PlaceIt. The variety of scenes, however, can be a little overwhelming to choose from and there seems to be a lack of images that just show the shirt with no model. The pricing can be a little high, however, if you find a scene that jives with your brand, it’s still likely worth it.

ShirtMockup

ShirtMockup is another popular online t-shirt mockup generator. It has some free options, however, it’s very limited. The image size it delivers is likely too small to actually use without paying, but it will at least give you an idea of its capabilities before you purchase. To get access to high-resolution files, additional shirt styles, and options, you’ll have to purchase the Pro Plan.

ShirtMockup Generator Pros

Try before you buy

Easily adjust shirt color

ShirtMockup Generator Cons

It’s a paid tool

Limited options and shirt styles

ShirtMockup Mockup Generator Results

We didn’t pay for the Pro Plan, so the output images were delivered on a gray background, which may prevent many people from actually using the images on their site. Overall, the quality was pretty good, however, the layout of the shirts was a little sloppy and there are limited options for editing the design.

The Best T-Shirt Templates for Photoshop

T-shirt templates are different from mockup generators as they require a bit more work on your end, but are usually much more flexible and customizable. This customizability allows you to adjust texture, color, and placement of your design.

Using Adobe Photoshop

Most (nearly all) t-shirt templates require Adobe Photoshop or an equivalent image editing app that can handle PSD files with layers. Adobe Photoshop can seem complicated to many new users, but it’s actually really easy to use with t-shirt templates. It’s usually as simple as opening the file, double-clicking the layer where you need to add your design and saving the file.

How to Use Adobe Photoshop with T-Shirt Templates & Clothing Templates

Where to Find the Best Clothing Templates for Adobe Photoshop

By far, Creative Market is the best marketplace to find t-shirt templates that are editable with Adobe Photoshop. They feature many different styles and all are very high-quality. Below, we list several of the best templates for each different style — like t-shirts laying flat, 3D models, t-shirts isolated on white backgrounds, people wearing them, etc. — but it’s also worthwhile to conduct your own search for “t-shirt templates” or “clothing templates” on Creative Market.

The Best Flat T-Shirt Templates

This is our favorite template and the one used in the 24 hour t-shirt business. It comes with a white t-shirt template but the files also have an additional 8 colors you can easily switch to. The design is clean, simple, and easy to use which is why its a favorite.

The Best Hanging Shirt Template

The Majestype Mockup is easily one of the best hanging shirt templates. It has a lot of depth created by the highlights and shadows which gives it a very realistic look. This template also features the ability to remove the hanger, the tag on the back of the shirt, the ability to change the color of the neckline and it comes with 4 different stylized backgrounds.

Hanging T-Shirt Template Cons

Hanging T-Shirt Mockup Results

The quality of this template is really high. The texture, color, and effect of the design over the natural wave of the shirt is nearly perfect. The ability to change the shirt easily to any color is great, as well as the ability to add or remove the hanger, the tag and add a heather texture. Our only gripe with this file is that the shirt looks a little baggy/sloppy hanging on the hanger.

Ghosted T-Shirt Template Cons

Ghosted T-Shirt Mockup Results

Really high-quality mockups with a realistic texture. These shirts come in both men’s and women’s styles which is perfect if you plan to sell to both men and women as your product images will be consistent.

The Best Model Shirt Mockup, Isolated

This is a great template if you’re looking for images that have a model in but with no background. This template features both crew and v-neck shirts and the skin color of the man is interchangeable between light-colored skin and dark-colored skin. This t-shirt template comes in both men’s and women’s versions.

The Best Lifestyle Template

Sometimes you may want lifestyle images of people wearing your t-shirt design, either for your product images or for other website images like your homepage hero image. This collection features a generous amount of lifestyle images for both men and women.

Lifestyle Template Cons

Lifestyle Mockup Results

Overall the results of the lifestyle mockups are pretty good. These images are much more complicated to edit because of the pose of the models, however, the shirts all turned out looking pretty realistic and believable.

The Best Comprehensive Clothing Template Bundle

At $79, this is by far the most expensive clothing template bundle, but for good reason. This bundle has over 120 clothing templates and includes both men’s and women’s versions of t-shirts, long-sleeve shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tank tops and much more. If you’re looking for a full range of blank clothing templates that all match, this is the bundle for you.

Conclusion

Choosing images for your apparel brand can be challenging. Not only do you have to pay attention to the style, texture, and details of the template, but you also need to consider your brand and the image you are trying to portray to visitors and customers. This guide should have given you a better idea of the available t-shirt templates and styles that are available and will hopefully make your choice easier!